ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,856, issued on July 1, was assigned to HONG ANN TOOL INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Foldable hand tool" was invented by Cheng-Wei Su (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable tool includes a first rod member, a second rod member and a pivoting device. The first rod member has a first length. The second rod member has a second length. The pivoting device is arranged between the first rod member and the second rod member. The first rod member and the second rod member are configured to be selectively pivotable to each other via the first pivoting device. A ratio of the first length to the second length is in ...